Engelbert Kempfer ( ger . Engelbert Kämpfer ; September 16, 1651 - November 2, 1716 ) - German traveler and naturalist .
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| Date of Birth | September 16, 1651 |
| Place of Birth | Lemgo , Germany |
| Date of death | November 2, 1716 (65 years) |
| Place of death | Lemgo North Rhine-Westphalia |
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The names of the plants described by him may be marked with the abbreviation “ Kämpf. " From the point of view of the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature, the scientific names of plants, published before May 1, 1753, are not considered to be really published, and this reduction practically does not occur in modern scientific literature. Personal page on IPNI website |
The son of a pastor He studied philosophy, theology and medicine in Lemgo , Hamelin , Lüneburg , Lübeck , Danzig , Kraków . In 1681 he settled in Sweden.
In 1683, as part of the Swedish embassy Ludwig Fabricius to Persia, who was recommended by the famous philosopher and historian Samuel Pufendorf , visited the Moscow kingdom , describing in detail the journey through the cities of the Volga region in his notes.
As secretary of the Swedish Embassy in Persia , in 1685 he entered as a surgeon on the Dutch fleet cruising at that time in the Persian Gulf and met Arabia , Hindustan , Java , Sumatra , Siam and Japan . In Japan, he spent two years.
Kempfer is best known for his written in German and translated into English essay "History of Japan" ("History of Japan"; London, 1727 ), which then appeared in several other languages. In addition, he promulgated the Amoenitatum exoticarum poëtico-politico-physico-medicarum fasciculi V (Lemgo, 1712 ). Banks printed it "Icones selectae plantarum, quasin Japonia collegit" (London, 1791 ), Adelung - extract from his "Diarium itineris ad aulam Moscoviticam". Most of his unprinted manuscripts, rich in important observations, are kept in the British Museum .
In 1723 , in Nuremberg (in German), a separate book published his essay "The new states of Kazan, Astrakhan, Georgia and many others, who paid tribute to the tsar, the sultan and the shah ...". The Russian translation of some parts of this book, made back in the 18th century, is kept as a special manuscript in the Central Historical Archive in Leningrad [1] .
Interesting Facts
In honor of Kempfer, Linnaeus is a genus of plants of the Ginger family - Kempferia ( Kaempferia ).
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Literature
- Kempfer, Engelbert // Encyclopedic Dictionary of Brockhaus and Efron : in 86 tons (82 tons and 4 extra). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
- Travel Diary Engelbrecht Kempfer in Russia . Eastern literature . The appeal date was July 6, 2012. Archived August 24, 2011. , 1st Russian edition: Kempfer E. Extraction of a manuscript composition under the title Engelberti Kaempferi. Diarium itineris ad aulam Moscoviticam indeque Astracanum suscepti. Anno MDCLXXXIII // Adelung F. Baron Meyerberg and his trip to Russia. - SPb .: In the printing house of K. Kraya, 1827. - p. 321-372.